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Friedrich Hayek's most popular work was dedicated to "the socialists of all parties." That phrase perfectly captures politics in 2025.

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Lawmakers To Consider 19 Bills for Childproofing the Internet

KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.

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Trump's $1.1 Billion Tax Hike on Toys and Games

"Maybe the dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally," the president warned in April. That's an understatement.

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Rand Paul Again Slams Trump Admin Over Campaign Against Venezuela: 'If It's War, Declare It'

Republican Sen. Rand Paul again slammed the Trump administration over its escalating campaign against the Venezuelan regime, saying its "pretending we are 'at war'" to "justify blowing up boats all without a vote, without transparency and without answering to Congress."

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A Dirge for DOGE

The Department of Government Efficiency didn't accomplish much. We still have cause to mourn its official closure.

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Conservative Think Tanks Should Never Have Crawled Into Bed With Tucker Carlson in the First Place

Explaining the crackup on the American right

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Tradwives Are Fighting the Cultural Stigma Around Being a Homemaker. That Makes Them Good Feminists.

Tradwives are fighting the cultural stigma that still remains around being a homemaker. That makes them damn good feminists.

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Is The Washington Post Becoming Libertarian?

The Washington Post opinion editor Adam O’Neal outlines his vision for a more classically liberal editorial voice, examines how both parties turned against free speech and free markets, and explains why the paper is ending political endorsements.

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Missouri Town Will Pay $500K To Settle Lawsuit Over Deputy Shooting Blind and Deaf Dog

The Animal Legal Defense Fund says it's one of the largest settlements for the police killing of a dog.

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The Trump Administration's Latest Housing 'Fix' Could Inflate Another Bubble

Socializing risk to subsidize demand isn't a solution to the housing crisis, but it is a good start to another financial crisis.

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California's Fast-Food Minimum Wage Hike Is Killing Jobs

You can’t legislate your way to prosperity.

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Trump Is Quietly Expanding the U.S. Military Role in Syria and Gaza

The U.S. government is reportedly looking to put boots on the ground in Damascus to guard the border with Israel.

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D.C. Jury Acquits 'Sandwich Guy' of Assaulting Federal Agent

A jury found Sean Dunn, who went viral in August for throwing a Subway sandwich at a Border Patrol officer, not guilty.

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Mamdani's Socialist Mayorship Will Make New York a Worse Place To Live and Do Business

His plans to offer "free" buses and daycare, freeze rents, and create city-owned grocery stores are expensive and proven failures.

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Britain's Prince Andrew Taken Down by Epstein and Chinese Spy Scandals

The two scandals, which Reason helped link, proved too much for the British royal family.

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Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Tennessee Man Over Facebook Meme

Larry Bushart was arrested on a $2 million bond for posting a meme on Facebook. He was released this week, after more than a month in jail.

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3 Reasons Why Zohran Mamdani's City-Run Grocery Stores Will Fail

Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open government-run grocery stores would waste taxpayer money solving a problem NYC doesn’t have.

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Jake Tapper Called Out Obama and Biden for Free Speech Abuses. He Says Trump Is on a New Level.

"I have not seen ever before a direct infringement on the right to free speech like that," CNN's Jake Tapper says of the Trump administration's actions in the Jimmy Kimmel saga.

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Jake Tapper on Censorship, Media Failings, and Presidential Power

Jake Tapper examines the growing pressure on the news media to serve political interests, Donald Trump’s attacks on the press and peaceful protesters, as well as the lasting damage Joe Biden may have done to the Democratic Party.

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New Jersey Town Tentatively Agrees to Not Seize 175-Year-Old Family Farm

After a nationwide uproar over Cranbury, New Jersey's plan to seize Andy Henry's farm, the township says it's found another site to place a planned affordable housing development.

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Is Oregon Proof That Drug Decriminalization Will Fail?

The Drug Policy Institute's Kevin Sabet debates Reason's Zach Weissmueller.

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How the Military Exposed the Tools That Let Authorities Break Into Phones

The Marine Corps is trying to close a no-bid contract with Cellebrite, a company that helps police get into locked phones. The specs weren’t supposed to be public.

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What John Oliver Gets Wrong About Bari Weiss and CBS News

The default in mainstream media isn't no opinion, it's his opinion.

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This Year's Nobel Winners for Economics Explained How Innovation Makes Us Rich

Joel Mokyr has long made the case against technophobia, including in the pages of Reason.

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Tennessee Man Arrested, Gets $2 Million Bond for Posting Facebook Meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

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